WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 June 1934, Page 22 (Supplement)

WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

Olive Hansen, Toko: We arc so glad the little slip persuaded you to join the Wendy Hut, Olive. You are now one of our large family of Tinks and we hope you are going to have a very happy time writing to us and reading everything on the Wendy page.

Billy Langman, Kaupokonui: Your knees must have looked very much like Biliikins’ when he came in from a game of football the other day. Tinker Bell says she thinks he must have been on his knees in the mud most of the time he was playing 1 “Woody,” Mangamingi: It was hard luck that your letters missed the mail. Anyway, we now have quite a budget from you to be answered this week. The essay was very interesting and we learnt some things from it, Rex, that we had not known before I

James Mouat, Te Wera: Do you mean to be a famous footballer when you grow up, Tink ? Biliikins does; and he plays with his football every evening just as you do. He is always very sorry when it grows too dark for him to play any more.

“Pavlova," Mangamingi: What a happy club that must be to belong to and what useful things must be made.. Are you a member of it, too ? Cookie is bustling round with her broom this morning tidying up the Hut for another day.

“Betty Blue,” Opaku: Thank you for the riddles and piece of.poetry. We are afraid there will not be room on our page for all the riddles this week but the Hut folk are very anxious for “Changes” to be fitted in. They had not heard it before and they think it is a pretty piece.

Lorna Hurley, Hurleyville: Well done, little cook! Billikins says he supposes you are always wanting to make good things now to keep in the glass dish! Thank you for the hokey-pokey recipe. We are hoping that perhaps you will send us a cake recipe for our corner one of these days.

“Petal,” Auroa: I wonder if you noticed the pattern for a jumper on our page last week. Little fairies come to the Hut sometimes and tell us the things our Tinks are wanting to Have on the page, so this time we had your pattern ready before you even asked for it!

“Buck Jones,” Warea: Did you remember that this was the name you had chosen, Darcy, or did you look all through the letters and wonder where your name was ? Billikins says he hopes you did well in your last football match.

Mary Gray, Lowgarth: Baby Margaret is wondering if you have found the bantam’s nest yet. It must be very cleverly hidden away, she thinks, to have escaped your sharp eyes. Haye any of the others begun to lay yet ? “Tom Keene,” Warea: Thank you for the piece of poetry. You must not be disappointed, though, if we cannot put it on our page for it is very long, you see, and there may not be room for it. There is a surprise for you on the other page.

“Mrs. Grey Duck,” Rahotu: How lovely it would be if you could play in the basketball team this year. Do you think you will be able to ? Tinker Bell has just finished making an apron and she thinks it must be something like yours for it has pretty blue cornflowers on it. “Southern Cloud,” Warea: When Billikins saw us puzzling over your riddle he asked what it was, and when we told him he said at once, “See if the answer is ‘an egg!’ ” By the mischievous look oh his face I think he must have heard that riddle before. Is his answer right ? “White Butterfly,” Lowgarth: I wonder if you have . bought your new bicycle yet. We expect it will be very useful in school time, and what fun you will be able to have in the holidays exploring the countryside on it. Did you have a good time on your birthday ?

Poppy Nelson, Okaiawa: Yes; when Jack Frost walks through the gardens he blackens many plants. We are sorry he killed your nasturtiums for they make such sunny patches of colour in the garden. Never mind; the spring flowers will soon be here now and, he will not touch them.

Jean Nelson, Okaiawa: We hope you enjoyed the concert you said you were going to. Have all the little wax-eyes returned to your garden again this winter ? Baby Margaret says she would love to see them there darting about and picking up the crumbs and scraps. Kay Nelson, Okaiawa: Baby Margaret is waving a welcome to you, little Tink, for she is very pleased that you have come to join the Hut. The hand that she is waving has a new woolly glove on it and the other hand is snug in one, too. She is very proud of them.

“Silver Slippers,” Kakaramea: Baby Margaret is wondering if you had a good time on your birthday, Winnie, and she is wondering, too, if you feel very much older now. We have given you the penname that you said you liked so you may write it now at the end of all your letters to the Hut. 1 “Two Brothers,” Kakaramea: We think it is a very good idea for the two of you to write together, for sometimes there is not enough news to fill two letters, is there. Billikins wants to know if you are both in the football team at school. William Rees, Kakaramea: Thank you for your limericks and riddles. The Hut folk liked the one about the bee best of all, and they puzzled and puzzled before they could guess the riddles. Is it very cold these days in your part of the world ?

“Guy Fawkes,” Eltham: Billikins was very pleased with the red and black paper you sent, for he had been looking for some at the Hut the other day to decorate his kite with, and he had not found very much. So you see you have sent the very thing he was wanting I “Rose of Sharon,” Hawera: We hope you will soon find a pen-friend for we expect you have more time now for writing letters than you used to when you were at school. Thank you for the piece of poetry. The Hut folk think it is very pretty. Shirley Carter, Waitara: The sun is shining at the Hut to-day for it has chased away the rain, so everything in tht garden is sparkling with silver drops. You have chosen a good time to join our Hut, little stranger, 1 for there are smiles everywhere to welcome you. “Waxeye,” Ohangai: Yes; we are looking forward to the spring time when there will be plenty of flowers in the garden once more. Hut gardener has been planting out cinceraria plants this week in sheltered places, and he says it is time now for planting out linaria, nemesia, marigolds, and evening-scented stock.

LETTERS to be Addressed: “WENDY,” Care Taranaki Daily News, Box 119, NEW PLYMOUTH.

Joan Lewis, Ahititi: What a large family of rabbits you have to look after now! Baby Margaret is wondering if they are tame ones and if they will let you stroke them. Thank you for the little piece of poetry for our page.

“Leonie,” Fraser Road: Yes; little Tink, we quite missed your letters, but we knew you had not forgotten us, all the same. Ever so many of our Tinks have had measles lately, so Biliikins says you ought to feel quite pleased that you have been in the fashion by having them, too!

“Gum Blossom,” Piakau: How very busy you must be these days with all the knitVng that you are doing. Do ydti not get tired of it when you do so much ? Please tell Elaine that Baby Margaret is waiting for the time when a little letter from her will be enclosed with yours.

Merle Cryer, Manaia: It was stupid of us to forget to tell you about the Hut last time, was it not! Sometimes when Biliikins runs inside to tell us of one of his latest.', pranks he makes us forget what we were just going to put in our letters. You always address your letters to the Hut quite properly so you must know where the Hut folk live, after all !

Ngaio Willison, Waitoitoi: Thank you for the piece of poetry. The Hut folk took it to the kitchen and read it to Cookie to see what she thbught about it, for they are always asking her to let them stir the cakes but so far “Be off with you!” has been her only reply. Napier and Clifton Willison, Waitoitoi: We like the little story that you have sent us, Tinks, and Tinker Bell is going to ask Printer Man if there will be room for it on our page. Has Jack Frost managed to catch either of you yet in the mornings ?

“Rowan Berry,” Rowan: We were glad to hear from you again this week, Tink, and thank you for the little story you have sent us. The sun was shining at the Hut for a little while to-day but now the clouds have come back again and some big raindrops are beginning to fall.

“Golden Carnation,”. Mahoe: Cookie has just given Baby 'Margaret a saucer of milk to put out for Snuff, the cat. Baby Margaret loves feeding her pets and watching them have their meals. She says they all belong to her and that they are her very own family; “Fairy Feet,” Mt. Messenger: We think the Slip of eau-de-cologne has taken root in the Hut garden, but we are not quite certain yet. Billikins says that the easiest way to make certain is to pull it up and see, and he becomes quite angry when Hut gardener will not let him do it!

“Lilac,” Mt. Messenger: Baby Margaret’s bantam has not begun to lay again yet, so we think that perhaps it is going to wait until next month now. Baby Margaret is very anxious for it to begin for she misses the tiny eggs that are laid especially for her breakfast. “Emu,” Mt. Messenger: We do not hear so many birds at the Hut now, either, for they seem to keep their songs for the spring and the summer days. The tuis, though, still call to one another, and we often hear them out in the trees at the back of the Hut. “Ratanui,” Omoana: We know the piece of poetry that you were telling us about, Tink, and we think it is very pretty, but as it is so long we are afraid it would not do our column as it would take up too much room, you see. Thank you for the piece you have sent us this time.

Valerie Gulliver, Kohi: The Twins say they think Paddy would be a good name for your pup. I wonder if that will suit. Is he very mischievous now and do you have to hide your slippers and shoes ? “Pink Blossom,” Waitara: Yes; when there is a blazing fire at the Hut and everyone is sitting round it the Hut folk feel that winter is not such a bad time after all." Tinker Bell has been doing more knitting lately, and Baby Margaret has been helping her wind the wool.

“Ford Lorry,” Rawhitiroa: Billikins says he wants to try and remember the riddle you sent so that he can ask Cookie if she can guess it one day when she has her best satin dress on. He loves .asking her riddles and telling her the jokes he has heard. Violet Close, Rawhitiroa: Thank you for “The Rat and the Ducklings.” Is that one of the little pieces you have learnt at school ? I can hear Billikins whistling to Bouncer outside for he wants to take him for a run to get warm.

“Marama,” Fraser Road: Your letter arrived in good time this week, - Tink, and thank you for the recipe you sent us, and the jokes, too. How pleased you must be feeling now that your jumper is finished. Does it make you feel very snug when you wear it ?